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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has accused Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, or FCA, of installing a hidden software to purposefully let excess diesel emission go undetected, a practice that entails Clean Air Act violations. The accusation comes as the result of a probe stemming from regulators’ investigation of Volkswagen, its rival. FCA Cheating Emission Tests As per the EPA, specific vehicles releasing excess nitrogen oxide emissions are the […]

In this Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, file photo, 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokees appear on display at a Fiat Chrysler dealership in Doral, Fla. On Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, the U.S. government alleged that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles failed to disclose that software in some of its pickups and SUVs with diesel engines allows them to emit more pollution than allowed under the Clean Air Act. The Environmental Protection […]

By David Shepardson | NEW YORK NEW YORK Japan’s Takata Corp is expected to plead guilty to criminal wrongdoing as early as Friday as part of a $1 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over its handling of air bag ruptures linked to 16 deaths worldwide, sources said. The settlement includes a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million in victim compensation and $850 million to compensate […]

By Patrick Rucker and James Oliphant | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats on Thursday pressed Ben Carson, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead housing policy, on potential conflicts of interest between the agency he is set to run and properties in which the president-elect may hold a financial stake. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) hands out billions of dollars each year to developers and landlords. […]

Chatbots, collective intelligence and blockchain are some of the big technology trends that will change the way entrepreneurs run their businesses in 2017, says Klaus-Michael Vogelberg, chief technology officer at Sage. Vogelberg sees six major trends in 2017 that could make a big difference to the way business builders will work in 2017 and beyond. 1. Chatbots and autonomous interfaces Autonomous interfaces, such as chatbots or digital […]

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Wearable sensors that monitor heart rate, activity, skin temperature and other variables can reveal a lot about what is going on inside a person, including the onset of infection, inflammation and even insulin resistance, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. An important component of the ongoing study is to establish a range of normal, or baseline, […]

By David Shepardson and Bernie Woodall | NEW YORK/DETROIT NEW YORK/DETROIT The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday accused Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV of illegally using hidden software that allowed significant excess diesel emissions, the result of a probe that stemmed from regulators’ investigation of rival Volkswagen AG. The EPA action affects 104,000 U.S. trucks and SUVs sold since 2014, about one-sixth the number of vehicles than […]

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While most major car makers are rushing headlong into the driverless cars era, one Japanese motor manufacturer is eschewing that bandwagon to concentrate on automated help rather than outright replcement. Inifiniti, the luxury arm of Nissan, has previewed ProPilot, an evolving suite of autonomous drive support technologies, at the 2017 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. Central to the strategy for the development of all […]

Good morning. Here’s our morning roundup of all the media news you need to know. Want to get this briefing in your inbox every morning? Subscribe here. Donald Trump is nothing if not transparent, especially when it comes to views of the press and outright evasions about his business holdings. That was self-evident at his Wednesday spectacle (labeled “press conference”) in which he bashed media and also […]

Car sales in China are forecast to slow sharply this year as stimulus measures designed to boost demand are set to end. Sales are expected to increase 5 per cent in 2017, a significant drop from growth of 13.7 per cent last year, which was the fastest rate since 2013 despite a broader economic slowdown. Growth in 2016 exceeded expectations due to tax incentives on smaller vehicles, […]

Adam Schefter of ESPN first reported that the Chargers would leave San Diego. The league’s stadium and finance committees met in New York on Wednesday but offered no new financial incentives to help the Chargers in their efforts to build a new stadium in San Diego. The Chargers did receive an extension of two days, to Jan. 17, on the deadline for them to decide whether to […]

Volkswagen will plead guilty to three felonies and pay $4.3bn in penalties to settle a US Department of Justice investigation into the diesel emissions scandal that has engulfed the German carmaker for the past 15 months.  Six VW executives based in Germany have also been indicted in connection with the case, including Oliver Schmidt who was arrested in the US on Monday, said Loretta Lynch, US attorney-general. “For years, […]

By David Shepardson | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) has agreed to a $4.3 billion settlement to resolve the U.S. government’s civil and criminal investigations into the German automaker’s diesel emissions cheating, two sources briefed on the matter said Wednesday. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy will announce the settlement in Washington on Wednesday at a news conference, the government said […]

By Andreas Cremer | BERLIN BERLIN Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE) supervisory board is meeting on Wednesday to approve a draft $4.3 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department, marking a milestone in its attempts to recover from its emissions test cheating scandal. Shares in Europe’s biggest carmaker rose as much as 4 percent as investors welcomed the latest move to draw a line under the biggest business scandal in […]

Sonos has promoted former BlackBerry manager Patrick Spence to take over as chief executive from founder John MacFarlane, after the rise of streaming music services propelled the wireless speaker maker to further growth last year. The change comes as 15-year-old Sonos repositions itself to take advantage of a new wave of voice-controlled “virtual assistants” such as Amazon’s Alexa and connected-home technologies. Mr Spence joined the California-based company […]

Norway will today become the first country in the world to begin switching off FM radio and moving fully to digital in a move that has stoked controversy nationally and widespread interest abroad. The switch-off will start in the town of Bodo, northern Norway, at 11.11am and will be rolled out across the country throughout this year. Countries such as the UK, Switzerland and Denmark will be monitoring […]

Tata Group plans to set up a regional office in South Korea and build a datacentre, reports ChosunBiz. India’s biggest conglomerate is likely preparing for the rise of the connected cars industry in Korea, the report said. Tata Teleservices will set up the office within the month and register as a telco business by March, it said. Tata Group, dubbed “India’s Samsung” by the Korean press, has […]

The Middle East has given McLaren Automotive, the British manufacturer of luxury sports and supercars, good reason to get revved up with sales soaring last year. Its Middle East, Africa and central and South America region grew by an impressive 69 per cent last year, as the company posted another record year of sales growth. From offices in Dubai, McLaren has expanded into Abu Dhabi. “We continue […]

Rolls-Royce’s Dubai dealership, AGMC, has overtaken Abu Dhabi to become the brand’s most successful and highest selling dealership in the world during 2016. The region also remained to be the brand’s third largest market despite challenging economic conditions and political uncertainty. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced a 6 percent rise in global sales in 2016 compared to 2015, marking the marque’s second highest ever annual sales result and […]

The game was a long slog that morphed into a shootout in the fourth quarter, when two touchdowns gave Clemson (14-1) its first lead, with less than five minutes remaining. But Streeter sensed that there was more to be done. Continue reading the main story “I knew there was a good chance we were going to have to go back out there — that’s just how these […]

Submitted by Soeren Kern via The Gatestone Institute, Sharia courts administering Islamic justice in Britain are run by clerics who believe some offenders should have their hands chopped off, according to Muslim scholar Elham Manea. She described the prevailing attitude as “totalitarian” and as more backward than some parts of Pakistan. Teaching children fundamental British values is an act of “cultural supremacism,” according to the National Union […]

PARIS Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said on Tuesday she would seek to repatriate production of French motor vehicles and other industrial goods – just as President-elect Donald Trump hopes to do in the United States. Trump has threatened to slap tariffs on cars made abroad, saying the practice costs American jobs. He has praised Ford Motor Co’s decision last week to scrap a plan […]

John Krafcik, CEO of Waymo, the autonomous vehicle company created by Google’s parent company, Alphabet introduces a Chrysler Pacifica hybrid outfitted with Waymo’s own suite of sensors and radar at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Waymo, Google’s self-driving car division, will start testing its new fleet of minivans on public roads in California and Arizona later this […]

By Zachary Fagenson and David Shepardson | MIAMI/DETROIT MIAMI/DETROIT Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) suffered a new setback on Monday when an executive was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States over the company’s diesel emissions cheating and the automaker was accused of concealing the cheating from regulators. Oliver Schmidt, who was general manager in charge of VW’s environmental and engineering office in Michigan, did not enter a […]

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